The middleweights, who had been relegated to the Facebook-streamed preliminary card for next week’s UFC 137 event, have been promoted the pay-per-view main card, UFC officials today confirmed with MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).

A PPV slot opened whe St-Pierre was forced out of UFC 137’s championship headliner with Carlos Condit due to a knee injury.

In addition to the PPV main card and Facebook fights, two bouts air on Spike TV’s “UFC Prelims” special.

Jacoby, who recently replaced injured Tim Credeur, turned pro less than a year ago, and he’s since posted six
straight victories, all via stoppage (five via knockout). Five of the
wins, including a recent 37-second TKO of M-1 vet Billy Horne (10-4),
have come in the first round. The 6-foot-4 fighter is a former college
football player.

Tavares, a semifinalist on “TUF 11,” recently suffered his first career
loss. The Xtreme Couture fighter opened his career with a 7-0 mark,
which included UFC wins over Seth Baczynski and Phil Baroni. However,
at UFC 132, he suffered his first career defeat when
Aaron Simpson bested him via lopsided unanimous decision.

As the UFC 189 tour made its last stop in Dublin, featherweight champ Jose Aldo was met with a torrent of abuse from the Irish fans. It might have been unpleasant, but it might also have been just what he needed.